The “I Can Take It From There” singer is currently on vacation for a few weeks, but instead of lounging around without a care in the world, he’s still working.

In an interview with The Boot, Young talked about stress and explained how songwriting reduces his stress.

“To decompress is just a different mode of work,” explained Young. “But I love my job. I love all aspects of it, so it doesn’t really feel like work to go, ‘I don’t want to think about this stuff. I’m going to go write a song’ … That aspect of being a songwriter helps me relieve stress, to start with a blank piece of paper, you can create whatever you want. It also feeds your career as an artist, too.”
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Besides letting his creative energy flow into a new song, Young also revealed he is a huge hockey and football fan and will watch games when he can, and if he has extra time, he enjoys going fishing with his dad.

Hopefully with a net full of fish and perhaps a new single on the way, Young will resume his Liquid Neon tour with Thomas Rhett and Joanna Smith on January 23.